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Grove Academy

All-through · Slough · SL1 2SR

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

990 pupils · 51% of 1,940 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34% of pupils
English as additional language
74.5% of pupils
SEN support
12.7% of pupils
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.groveacademy.co.uk
URN
149897

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.28 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

52 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
101
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

99 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
41.1
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.5%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
36.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
29.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,791
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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